Estate Security Safety Issues

At the February TRA meeting, a Browne House resident reported she had been mugged earlier in the month. Cllr Padmore was present and promised to investigate what measures might be taken to limit the possibility of it happening again.

He has since reported back and I paraphrase here a letter he received from Director of Housing Denise Hadfield:

• the Anti-Social Behaviour Team are liaising with police. If the perpetrators are identified as tenants "appropriate enforcement action will be taken"
• Wardens and Safer Neighbourhood Team have been alerted and are increasing their patrols
• an audit of estate safety has been requested from the Lewisham Crime Reduction Partnership
• Greenscene (Glendales to you and me) have pruned all the bushes (where muggers hide)

In addition an evening walkabout has now been confirmed for 25 March, 6.30pm at Cremer/Castell entrance, for LH reps to review "lighting and the CCTV on the estate". To include a Safer Neighbourhood Team officer, Cllr Padmore, and TRA Rep (and any of us who can be there?)

There is presently no CCTV on the estate. There perhaps needs to be something covering the Ha'Penny Hatch area. Creekside itself is not very well lit. Residents have opposed CCTV in the past, and it is likely there are not the resources anyway to maintain it.

Please leave your comments if you have any. Do you feel unsafe on the estate? Have you seen a warden recently?